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gwydion* "Envisioning Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy: The U.S. Steps Back:" http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/us/politics/donald-trump-foreign-policy.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_cn_20160722&nl=first-draft&nl_art=6&nlid=71793217&ref=headline&te=1&mtrref=undefined&mtrref=www.nytimes.com&mtrref=www.nytimes.com&mtrref=www.nytimes.com&mtrref=www.nytimes.com&mtrref=www.nytimes.com&mtrref=www.nytimes.com&_r=0
* "We Asked the KKK What They Think of Donald Trump. They're Thrilled. :" https://mic.com/articles/149444/donald-trump-is-the-republican-presidential-nominee-and-the-kkk-couldn-t-be-happier?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social#.STkcg6GUy
* You need to read this, the prose is brilliant and it is the best description of the RNC I've seen. "I’m With The Banned — Welcome to the Scream Room:" https://medium.com/welcome-to-the-scream-room/im-with-the-banned-8d1b6e0b2932#.a5fq5jjef
Some samples:
"The key distinction, at this convention and among the petty demagogues here assembled, is between the attention hustlers—the pure troll howlers who play this grotesque game for its own sake and their own—and the true believers. Roosh is a true believer, and that puts him at a disadvantage.
Roosh means what he’s saying, but he’s still aware that he’s playing a game — the same game almost everyone in this crucible of A-list internet con-men is playing. It’s the game of turning raw rage into political currency, the unscrupulous whorebaggery of the troll gone pro. These are people who cashed in their limited principles to cheat at poker. Milo is the best player here. Like Trump, and like a lot of successful politicians in this postmodern circus, they channel their own narcissism to give voice to the wordless, formless rage of the people neoliberalism left behind. They offer new win conditions for the humiliated masses. Welcome to the scream room. There’s a cheese plate."
"Wilders is the most obviously disturbed member of the neo-right suicide squad in attendance. He cannot finish a sentence. His voice drifts, and he trails away, already out of the room. There is a dustbin fire behind the blank eyes of his human suit.
Wilders is a less polished, wholly charmless rendition of the neo-right demagogue character creation sheet that gave us Donald Trump and Boris Johnson. These people do not have personalities, they have haircuts. Ugly ones. And we have fallen through the looking glass in which they see themselves reflected as small gods."
"They ventriloquise the fear of millions into a scream of fire in the crowded theatre of modernity where all the doors are locked, and then they watch the stampede, and they smile for the cameras."
* "Why One In 13 Black Americans Can't Vote:" http://www.refinery29.com/2016/05/110859/voting-rights-can-felons-vote?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=h2&utm_campaign=watch&utm_campaign=end
* "Sodomy, Sensibility, and Male Friendships in Late Eighteenth Century America, Part III:" http://fiftysevenacademics.tumblr.com/post/147770052655/sodomy-sensibility-and-male-friendships-in-late
* "Breaking the Cycle of Police Violence:"
* "Donald Trump's RNC Dystopia:"
* "What the Actual Fact? - Questionable Speeches at the RNC:"
* "Muslims Prepare for a Donald Trump Presidency:"
* "Exclusive - When Was America Great?:"
* "Donald Trump Accepts the GOP Presidential Nomination:"
* "Ted Cruz Refuses to Endorse Donald Trump:"
* "The Very Very Incredible Deal:"
* "Make America Hate Again: Chris Christie's Anti-Hillary Clinton Tirade:"
* "Blacklash 2016: The Unblackening - LGBT Outreach at the Republican National Convention:"
* "Blacklash 2016: The Unblackening - Donald Trump Tries to Kiss Mike Pence:"
* "Blacklash 2016: The Unblackening - Ben Carson and David Clarke at the RNC:"
* "Sexual Harassment Scandal at Fox News:"
* At some point over the course of last week, I realized that a lot of what I do on Game of Bones is write Intimacy Porn.
* "How to help Flint, Michigan:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/how-help-flint-michigan
* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* Donate to help refugees: http://donate.unhcr.org/international/general
* A list of LGBTQA Charities: http://awkward0w1.tumblr.com/post/126399233673
* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com
* "We Asked the KKK What They Think of Donald Trump. They're Thrilled. :" https://mic.com/articles/149444/donald-trump-is-the-republican-presidential-nominee-and-the-kkk-couldn-t-be-happier?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social#.STkcg6GUy
* You need to read this, the prose is brilliant and it is the best description of the RNC I've seen. "I’m With The Banned — Welcome to the Scream Room:" https://medium.com/welcome-to-the-scream-room/im-with-the-banned-8d1b6e0b2932#.a5fq5jjef
Some samples:
"The key distinction, at this convention and among the petty demagogues here assembled, is between the attention hustlers—the pure troll howlers who play this grotesque game for its own sake and their own—and the true believers. Roosh is a true believer, and that puts him at a disadvantage.
Roosh means what he’s saying, but he’s still aware that he’s playing a game — the same game almost everyone in this crucible of A-list internet con-men is playing. It’s the game of turning raw rage into political currency, the unscrupulous whorebaggery of the troll gone pro. These are people who cashed in their limited principles to cheat at poker. Milo is the best player here. Like Trump, and like a lot of successful politicians in this postmodern circus, they channel their own narcissism to give voice to the wordless, formless rage of the people neoliberalism left behind. They offer new win conditions for the humiliated masses. Welcome to the scream room. There’s a cheese plate."
"Wilders is the most obviously disturbed member of the neo-right suicide squad in attendance. He cannot finish a sentence. His voice drifts, and he trails away, already out of the room. There is a dustbin fire behind the blank eyes of his human suit.
Wilders is a less polished, wholly charmless rendition of the neo-right demagogue character creation sheet that gave us Donald Trump and Boris Johnson. These people do not have personalities, they have haircuts. Ugly ones. And we have fallen through the looking glass in which they see themselves reflected as small gods."
"They ventriloquise the fear of millions into a scream of fire in the crowded theatre of modernity where all the doors are locked, and then they watch the stampede, and they smile for the cameras."
* "Why One In 13 Black Americans Can't Vote:" http://www.refinery29.com/2016/05/110859/voting-rights-can-felons-vote?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=h2&utm_campaign=watch&utm_campaign=end
* "Sodomy, Sensibility, and Male Friendships in Late Eighteenth Century America, Part III:" http://fiftysevenacademics.tumblr.com/post/147770052655/sodomy-sensibility-and-male-friendships-in-late
* "Breaking the Cycle of Police Violence:"
* "Donald Trump's RNC Dystopia:"
* "What the Actual Fact? - Questionable Speeches at the RNC:"
* "Muslims Prepare for a Donald Trump Presidency:"
* "Exclusive - When Was America Great?:"
* "Donald Trump Accepts the GOP Presidential Nomination:"
* "Ted Cruz Refuses to Endorse Donald Trump:"
* "The Very Very Incredible Deal:"
* "Make America Hate Again: Chris Christie's Anti-Hillary Clinton Tirade:"
* "Blacklash 2016: The Unblackening - LGBT Outreach at the Republican National Convention:"
* "Blacklash 2016: The Unblackening - Donald Trump Tries to Kiss Mike Pence:"
* "Blacklash 2016: The Unblackening - Ben Carson and David Clarke at the RNC:"
* "Sexual Harassment Scandal at Fox News:"
* At some point over the course of last week, I realized that a lot of what I do on Game of Bones is write Intimacy Porn.
* "How to help Flint, Michigan:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/how-help-flint-michigan
* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* Donate to help refugees: http://donate.unhcr.org/international/general
* A list of LGBTQA Charities: http://awkward0w1.tumblr.com/post/126399233673
* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com